Associate Project Controls Analyst

Associate Project Controls Analyst

Location: Oakland, CA

Type: Contract

• Create, monitor, and analyze project schedules in accordance with best practices and specifications.
• Track, analyze, and report information to allow project work streams to manage tasks and understand variances in weekly reports.
• Ensure accuracy of project schedules, metrics, and resource loading status.
• Coordinate project schedules, tasks, meeting updates, and efficient distribution of reports.
• Prepare, implement, and monitor scopes of work using Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) for control and integrity.
• Monitor project progress, identify critical activities, and review forecasts and progress to date.
• Maintain a project risk register to manage risks and minimize impact on schedule, scope, and budget.
• Track baselines, perform what‑if analysis, and develop contingency plans.
• Develop conceptual models for Business Capability traceability matrix to explain processes to all levels of users.
• Coordinate across functional departments to identify issues, monitor action items, and work with the project manager to ensure resolution.

• Proficiency in project scheduling software such as MS Project or Primavera P6.
• Data analysis: ability to independently analyze, plan, and report data to create detailed project plans.
• Document management: ensure key documents are stored and retrievable in a logical fashion with appropriate security, treating documents with confidentiality.
• Ability to handle multiple concurrent tasks with varying time sensitivities efficiently; nimble, quick learner, and able to work under pressure in a fast‑paced environment.
• Accuracy: high attention to detail in updating, extracting, and reporting using various systems such as Fieldglass, Excel, Mastery, and training reports.
• Organizational skills: track multiple concurrent tasks with changing priorities and due dates; excellent time‑management skills.
• Teamwork: work effectively within a team and provide leadership when required.
• Communication: effective written and verbal communication; ability to develop visual representations of data and trends; strong communication skills overall.

• Experience in a large corporation, IT project, or program environment with multiple departments and complex request processes.
• Financial acumen and understanding of labor forecasting practices for internal and external resources.
• ERP implementation project experience and knowledge of waterfall and agile methodologies as they apply to diverse roles.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint); extensive use of Outlook, MS‑Teams, and SharePoint for collaboration and document storage.

• Experience with Power BI and/or Power Apps, MS SharePoint (or similar document management).
• Advanced skills in creating compelling PowerPoint and Word documents.
• Agile project management software such as Atlassian Jira or Microsoft Azure Dev Ops.

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Engineering, Construction, Computer Science, Business Administration, or Management Information Systems.
• Working knowledge of financial and accounting concepts.

7+ years of experience in scheduler or project management roles.

Skills:

scheduler, financial data, Primavera, project management.

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